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A first book of Dinosaurs
Name: maria faithorn
15 September 2023;Genre: Poetry
This well written and beautifully illustrated book will definitely be a child’s favourite and be read over and over! A First Book of Dinosaurs is divided into the chapters of 'Meet the Dinosaurs, Eat or be Eaten, Dinosaur Families and The End. OR is it?' Each dinosaur or theme...
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The Secret of the Blood-Red Key
Name: Beverley Somerset
14 September 2023;Genre: Fantasy
Robert and Rachel Klein have defeated the villainous Charles Malstain; the land of Krasnia and its capital city, Brava, are now full of joy, colour and happy citizens, and Rachel and Robert are national heroes. Then a boy appears from nowhere and presents Rachel with a blood-red key. She has n...
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Mermedusa (An Eerie-on-Sea Adventure)
Name: Wendy Kelly
13 September 2023;Genre: Adventure
So here it is! We've reached the end of Herbie and Violet's winter shenanigans with the explosive story of the Mermedusa. Those devoted readers who have followed all their other adventures will find many loose ends pleasingly tied up in their final (perhaps?) adventure. Thomas...
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Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future: People Power series
Name: Stephen Leitch
13 September 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Inspiring Inventors Who Are Changing Our Future gives a fascinating insight into inventors and their inventions that are having an impact on millions of lives throughout the world today. Many were unknown to me - both inventor and invention - and that's what made this a really...
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Marv and the Dino Attack
Name: Amanda Shipton
12 September 2023;Genre: Adventure
Marvin, a secret superhero with a robot sidekick named Pixel, is super excited because he's going on a school trip to the Natural History Museum to see some REAL dinosaur bones. Marvin and Joe can't wait to see all those dinosaur skeletons up close, but they get more than they bargained for wh...
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Woodland Magic 2: Deer in Danger
Name: Jen Bevan
11 September 2023;Genre: Environment & Nature
I have rated this book 5+ as I think children of this age will enjoy listening to the book. I think the book is perfect for 7+ children to read independently. I love the new Woodland Magic series. I was keen to find out what adventures Cora, Jax and their friends would...
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And I Climbed, And I Climbed
Name: Sue Wilsher
11 September 2023;Genre: Poetry
And I Climbed and I Climbed is a remarkable collection of poems, focusing on Cosmo, a young boy whose life changed forever when he fell out of a tree in his garden. Having a great deal to come to terms with, these poems explore his experiences. Poet, Simon Lightbrown has dra...
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Orion Lost
Name: Review Age 11
09 September 2023;Genre: Science Fiction
This book was really fun to read, I loved the twists and turns in it - it made it seem a bit more like a mystery, with space pirates etc. Keep up the good work.
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The Stolen Songbird
Name: Jacqueline Harris
09 September 2023;Genre: Historical Fiction
Caro Monday lives in a pub in Waterloo with her two mothers. One of her mothers runs the pub while the other is a famous whistling star, who travels the world. One day Caro is forced to go and stay with her great aunt who lives in Hampstead. Her whistling mother has disappeared, and Caro has n...
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We are all Astronauts!
Name: Lucy Hopkins
08 September 2023;Genre: Non Fiction
Another great book from Kate Pankhurst about women doing amazing things! We are all Astronauts! starts with a little girl called Luna who wants to be an astronaut. It's a great book that is packed with facts and information all about being an astronaut but presented as a story...
